By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No formal agreement has been signed to convert a remote state prison in Nebraska into the latest immigration detention center for President Donald Trump’s sweeping crackdown, more than three weeks since the governor announced the plan and as lawmakers and nearby residents grow increasingly skeptical.
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–YANKEES-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — New York plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–YANKEES-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — New York plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–YANKEES-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — New York plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–YANKEES-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — New York plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, long an advocate for civility, made an impassioned plea on Friday for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and
Continue Reading OREM, Utah (AP) — Suspect in assassination of Charlie Kirk is arrested on suspicion of capital murder, weapons and obstruction offenses.
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press During her three years as the 24th poet laureate, Ada Limón said her travels around the United States taught her just how many poets the country has. Limón said people would approach her during appearances to tell her they wrote poems regularly in a journal, or on a full moon
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press During her three years as the 24th poet laureate, Ada Limón said her travels around the United States taught her just how many poets the country has. Limón said people would approach her during appearances to tell her they wrote poems regularly in a journal, or on a full moon
Continue Reading By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and SALEH MWANAMILONGO Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people dead and left scores missing, authorities and state media reported Friday The accidents happened on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometers apart in the Equateur province. One boat with
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By DAVID A. LIEB and M.K. WILDEMAN Associated Press President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding to flow to Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and for tribes in
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By DAVID A. LIEB and M.K. WILDEMAN Associated Press President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding to flow to Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and for tribes in
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — New fiction by Angela Flournoy and Susan Choi, a memoir of tragedy by Yiyun Li and a novel in translation by Nobel laureate Han Kang were among the nominees announced this week for the long lists of the National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Why would anyone keep a prop from the set of “Jaws?” Steven Spielberg was musing about what it felt like while making his 1975 oceanic classic, and how little he thought any of it would matter when shooting the now-legendary opening scene of a woman
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By JAMEY KEATEN and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press Dozens of angry European lawmakers banged their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk. Backers of the American conservative activist rallied at U.S. embassies in Europe and Africa. And supportive world leaders chimed in, lauding him as a friend
Continue Reading OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah governor says Charlie Kirk assassination suspect is believed to have acted alone and the investigation is ongoing.
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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer When Iowa is playing at home and the first quarter comes to an end, the football game suddenly is out of sight and out of mind for a few minutes for everyone inside Kinnick Stadium and the kids watching from the nearby Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa
Continue Reading OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah governor calls Kirk killing ‘attack on the American experiment,’ urges new generation to ‘choose a different path.’
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All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 30 14 .682 — x-New York 27 17 .614 3 x-Indiana 24 20 .545 6 Washington 16 28 .364 14 Connecticut 11 33 .250 19 Chicago 10 34 .227 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 34 10 .773 — x-Las Vegas 30 14
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Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 88 60 .595 — New York 76 72 .514 12 Miami 69 79 .466 19 Atlanta 65 82 .442 22½ Washington 61 86 .415 26½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 90 58 .608 — Chicago 84 63 .571 5½ Cincinnati 74 73 .503
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Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 85 62 .578 — New York 82 65 .558 3 Boston 81 67 .547 4½ Tampa Bay 72 75 .490 13 Baltimore 69 78 .469 16 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 84 64 .568 — Cleveland 76 71 .517 7½ Kansas City 74
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv13-14 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Sept. 15 COLLEGE GOLF 4 p.m. GOLF — 2025 Jackson T. Stephens Cup: First Round, Shoreacres, Lake Bluff, Ill. MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh (6:40 p.m.) OR Atlanta at Washington (6:45 p.m.) 10
Continue Reading Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot at an event at a Utah college.
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By CLAUDIA CIOBANU Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO said Friday it’s bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment to deter potential Russian aggression following an incursion by Russian drones into Polish territory. The alliance’s supreme commander in Europe said a new operation, dubbed
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Netherlands added itself Friday to a list of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest because of its war in the Gaza Strip. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, one of dozens of public broadcasters that collectively fund and broadcast the contest,
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the support of the mayor and the governor. Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, the Republican president has openly mused about sending troops to other cities, claiming they’re needed
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By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Qatar’s prime minister Friday ahead of a visit to Israel this weekend, showing how the Trump administration is trying to balance relations between key Middle East allies days after Israel targeted Hamas leaders in a strike on Doha. Despite tensions
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